On February 16, 2024, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving CUSO Financial Services, LP that occurred on July 5, 2022. The breach was due to a vulnerability in the Barracuda Networks email application that allowed unauthorized access to historical emails and attachments, potentially compromising personal information such as names.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-581125
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/cuso-financial-services-lp
"id": "cus529072825",
"linkid": "cuso-financial-services-lp",
"type": "Vulnerability",
"date": "7/2022",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'CUSO Financial Services, LP',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Application Vulnerability',
'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['Emails', 'Attachments'],
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2024-02-16',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-02-16',
'description': 'A data breach involving CUSO Financial Services, LP occurred '
'due to a vulnerability in the Barracuda Networks email '
'application, allowing unauthorized access to historical '
'emails and attachments, potentially compromising personal '
'information such as names.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names'],
'systems_affected': ['Email System']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-02-16',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at CUSO Financial Services, LP',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Barracuda Networks email application '
'vulnerability'}